More than 400 new local jobs have been created through Norse Atlantic’s expansion at London Gatwick, which sees the airline add six new transatlantic routes and create a permanent base at the airport.
Norse, which began flying daily between Gatwick and New York last August – and recently added routes to Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Washington – is further expanding with a new service to Los Angeles, which started last Friday. The airline also added flights to San Francisco on Saturday and will start flying to Boston from 2 September.
These new routes and aircraft base – the Norwegian carrier’s largest – mean Norse has employed 250 cabin crew and 108 pilots on local contracts at London Gatwick, as well as a further 25 support staff.
Having six aircraft based at Gatwick will also require at least 45 additional ground staff, employed through Red Handling.
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